Patagonia

After a few days in Varela we boarded another plane and flew to Comodoro Rivadavia, on the coast of Patagonia. From there we boarded a private bus and drove up the coast 2.5 hours to Bahia Bustamante. Our group included all the Moores along with Gabby, Ignacio Pita, Sophi Mandirola and her mom. It was a fun group and everyone got along great.

The area is very barren as it was the summer and dry season.The wildlife is amazing! The idea to visit this area was an article about the place last summer in the NY Times. I suggested we visit and my mother made all the arrangements. It was a great visit. Here are some pics, in no particular order.

We were a bit tired after a day of travel, and hungry as well. As such, we were more than happy to see this in the restaurant when we went for dinner. Lamb was delicious!

Just when we arrived the kids wanted to go swimming, and then they got their toes wet...COLD! Amalia also met Yossi, another visitor and a year older than Amalia. They got along great and were best of friends almost immediately. Yossi lives with her parents in D.C. so maybe we can visit them sometime.
This old Ford tractor was a great piece of yard art. It was originally used to harvest seaweed, the main business in the area.

A massive family of lesser rheas. The males care for the young and you can see two age classes of young in this pic.
The typical view of Camilo, running away.
The kids loved playing with two puppies.
This is an island of cormorants, very cool.
Sea lions! Guess who the beach master is?
Female sea lion out for a swim.
What you looking at???
She actually loved the penguins!
And there were many of them to love.
Out for a swim.
We have dozens of pics of them.
Wide angle, up close, telephoto... lots of pics.